Stow-on-the-Wold railway station

Former railway station in Gloucestershire, England

Stow-on-the-Wold
General information
LocationStow-on-the-Wold, Cotswold
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBourton-on-the-Water Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1881Station opened
15 October 1962Station closed

Stow-on-the-Wold railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway that opened in 1881. Situated about one and a half miles to the south the station served the Gloucestershire town of Stow-on-the-Wold and its surrounding villages. The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Stationmasters

  • George Tibbs until 1900[1]
  • James Dowler 1900 - 1923[2] (formerly station master at Notgrove)
  • G.J. Fifield 1923[3] - 1932 (formerly station master at Broadway)
  • E.G. Unitt from 1932 (formerly station master at Awre)


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bourton-on-the-Water
Line and station closed 		  Great Western Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway 		  Kingham
Line closed, station open
    Sarsden Halt
Line and station closed

External links

  • Station on 1947 OS Map

References

  1. ^ "Stow-on-the-Wold". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. England. 15 December 1900. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Mr. James Dowler". Cheltenham Chronicle. England. 30 May 1936. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "New Stationmaster at Stow-on-the-Wold". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 2 November 1923. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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Cheltenham and Great Western Union RailwayCirencester branch lineTetbury branch lineMidland and South Western Junction RailwayEast Gloucestershire RailwayBanbury and Cheltenham Direct RailwayOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton RailwayHoneybourne LineBristol and South Wales Union RailwayBristol and Gloucester RailwayMangotsfield and Bath branch lineThornbury branch lineSharpness branch lineDursley and Midland Junction RailwayStonehouse and Nailsworth RailwayBirmingham and Gloucester RailwayTewkesbury and Malvern Railway

51°54′50″N 1°43′30″W / 51.9139°N 1.7251°W / 51.9139; -1.7251

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